Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus

Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus, name sometimes given as Heinrich Schiess (3 January 1833, in Heiden 12 September 1914) was a Swiss ophthalmologist.

He studied medicine at the universities of Basel, Würzburg, Munich and Vienna, where he learned ophthalmology as a pupil of Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal and Karl Stellwag von Carion. In 1858, by way of an invitation from Albrecht von Graefe, he traveled to Berlin, where he studied under pathologist Rudolf Virchow.[1] In 1864 he obtained his habilitation at Basel, and during the same year, opened a private eye hospital.[2] In 1867 he became an associate professor at the university, followed by a full professorship nine years later.[1][3]

He specialized in ocular histopathology, and was the author of around 64 papers on clinical and histopathological subjects.[1] At Basel, he was notably the eye doctor of Friedrich Nietzsche.[4]

Selected works

  • Versuch einer speziellen Neurologie der Rana esculenta, 1857 Essay on the special neurology of Rana esculenta.
  • Beitrag zur Therapie der Myopie, 1872 Contribution to the therapy of myopia.
  • Zur Casuistik der Iristumoren, 1877 Casuistry of iris tumors.
  • Metastatisches Sarcom der Papille und angrenzenden Retina, 1878 Metastatic sarcoma of the papilla and adjacent retina.
  • Ueber Schneeblindheit, 1879 On snow blindness.
  • Kurzer Leitfaden der Refractions- und Accommodations-Anomalien, 1893 A short guide to refraction and accommodation abnormalities.[5]

References

  1. The Genealogy of Ophthalmic Teaching in Switzerland
  2. Rintelen, F (1978). "[Centennial of the Basle Eye Hospital and its founder Heinrich Schiess]". Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 172: 638–41. PMID 349252.
  3. Graefe-Saemisch Handbuch der gesamten Augenheilkunde
  4. Journal of Medical Biography
  5. OCLC WorldCat (published works)
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